Author: Ralf Elvsén
Date: 03:51:46 07/07/00
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On July 06, 2000 at 23:03:29, Aaron Tay wrote: >On July 06, 2000 at 19:41:59, Ralf Elvsén wrote: > >>On July 06, 2000 at 17:09:41, walter irvin wrote: >> >>> what oppenings are bad for the computer?? what are the best oppenings for >>>computers ?? >>> have computers ever found on there own anything to add to oppening theory???? >> >> >> >>Ward - Baburin, Isle of Man open 1997 >> >>1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6. 6. d5 exd5 7. Bxd5 >> >>[D]r2qkbnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/3B4/4P1b1/5N2/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - >> >>From Chris Ward's "The Queens Gambit Accepted" : >> >>7 ... Qf6! >> >>"I guess that this move had previously been rejected for two reasons. >>First, it takes away an obvious square from the g8-knight, while >>castling queenside on the face of it may run into Bg5. It was perhaps >>not unsurprisingly then, that my opponent admitted that 'Fritz' was >>largley responsible for the development of this big opening >>novelty." >> >>It seems to be a clearly better move than e.g. Qd7 . Ward got slighly >>worse and lost a tricky endgame. > >Sorry , for asking. But why is 7..Qf6 clearly better? Hope this isn't too >off-topic.. He he, it's not off-topic since it's a computer novelty :) Ward gives promising lines for white after 7. ... Qd7 such as 8. Qb3 0-0-0 9. 0-0 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Bg5!? "Of course this all seems a little irrelevant now, as this game changes the assesment of the whole variation." (See below). After 7. ... Qf6 the game above continued 8. Qa4 Bxf3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. gxf3 Bc5 11. Nc3 Ne7 Ward comments: "Outwardly white's position doesn't seem too bad. However, upon closer inspection it becomes clear that he has problems with his f-pawns as well as the safety of his king." A sedate line suggested by Baburin: 8. Qb3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 And a crazy one: 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd3 c6 12. 0-0 "...both apparently with equal chances." Note that the issue is that black equalizes, not that he gets an advantage. Black had obviously had problems in this line before. In his summary of the whole 3. ... Nc6-complex Ward writes "Alas from a white point of view the splendid 7. ... Qf6! novelty keeps the 3. ... Nc6 variation firmly on the map." So he obviously think it is an important contribution to theory. I think it is a good book btw. Ralf (no opening guru)
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